ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221501
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| Date: | Sunday 3 February 2019 |
| Time: | c 11:50 LT |
| Type: | Luton LA-4 Minor |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AWMN |
| MSN: | PFA.827 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Volkswagen 1800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waits Farm Airfield, Belchamp Walter, Essex. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Waits Farm Airfield, Belchamp Walter, Essex |
| Waits Farm Airfield, Belchamp Walter, Essex | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting a test flight in G-AWMN to renew the aircraft’s Permit to Fly. Whilst climbing away from the runway, the aircraft was observed to bank to the right and then descend steeply to the ground.
It was not possible to definitively determine the cause of the accident. It is possible that the engine stopped producing power due to carburettor icing which led to a stall from which the aircraft was not able to recover. The investigation also identified that, despite wire locking being present, the barrel from an aileron flight control turnbuckle was missing, but it could not be determined if this had been missing prior to the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-suffolk-plane-crash-emergency-13946670
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47121070
3. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/belchamp-walter-essex-plane-crash-timeline-1-5878496
4. https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/17405825.essex-police-and-suffolk-fire-service-at-serious-plane-crash-in-belchamp-walter/
5. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/emergency-services-attending-to-light-aircraft-crash-in-essex-a4056236.html
6. https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/sudbury-belchamp-walter-plane-crash-2503100
7. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1081901/essex-plane-crash-sudbury-suffolk-belchamp-water
8. https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2019-02-03/fire-crews-rush-to-serious-incident-on-essex-suffolk-border-reports-a-light-aircraft-is-involved/
9. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=111168
10. http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i7647/
11. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Luton-LA-4A-Minor/2448906
12. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luton_Minor
Images:
Photo: AAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2019 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Feb-2019 17:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2019 17:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2019 20:31 | ANON | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2019 20:33 | harro | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2019 20:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 09:53 | loadmaster | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 04-Feb-2019 22:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2019 04:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2019 19:59 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Feb-2019 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2019 17:19 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 20-Sep-2019 17:20 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
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